Chapter 51: Where's the cosplay of the underworld messenger?

"Big Brother..."

While everyone was heading downstairs, Li Meng nudged Wang Zeyu aside and leaned in toward Zhou Yan, looking like he had something to say, though his expression was slightly hesitant.

"Speak your mind. Between us, whether it's an opinion or a suggestion, it's best to just say it straight!" Zhou Yan placed his hand on Li Meng's shoulder.

"Then I'll be direct!" Li Meng took a deep breath.

"Do you think there's any chance we'll be rescued?"

Zhou Yan stopped, pulled Li Meng aside, and put a little distance between them and the others heading downstairs.

"Rescue isn't coming. I can be certain of that!"

Zhou Yan had always lived cautiously in the country, and he hadn't really let himself go since the heavy rains began.

That was until he obtained the [Doomsday Blind Box System].

What is a doomsday?

People often call wars, famines, extinction-level plagues, and certain natural disasters that affect all of humanity a doomsday...

But, the only thing that can truly and definitively be called a "doomsday" is the moment when humanity completely perishes or the world meets its end!

This was also the reason why Zhou Yan had the guts to swagger out of his home with weapons...

He didn't have to worry about the consequences, because in all likelihood, no one would be coming to settle scores with him.

Li Meng pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose and asked Zhou Yan a question very earnestly.

"Then what are you always worried about? Sometimes you kill people with a gun as easily as slaughtering a chicken, but other times... you seem very hesitant..."

Zhou Yan fell silent.

He sat on the stairs and lit an "Eagle" brand cigarette.

"Do you know which is our country's most powerful military branch?"

Li Meng was a bit confused, but he answered honestly: "The Rocket Force and the Army..."

"Yeah, but you didn't mention the Navy..."

Zhou Yan gazed out the window. Since the rain had stopped, the night sky was filled with sparkling, incredibly brilliant starlight.

"I have never been worried about ordinary people posing a threat to me. I only understand one principle: in chaotic times, you must use severe measures!"

Zhou Yan stood up and brushed off his backside.

"I used to be a hitman... The last job my boss gave me back in the day was to go to the Middle East battlefield and snipe a high-ranking commander. But my boss didn't tell me that there was also a missile aiming at that command post along with me..."

"Do you know how fast that thing is?"

"Do you know how terrifying the destructive power of that thing is when it explodes?"

"Have you ever been hit by the shockwave of a missile? Damn it! My car flew into the air at that time!"

"The most critical part..." Zhou Yan reached out and gently squeezed Li Meng's shoulder.

"That missile was a product of America from ten years ago. Any missile in our country is much more powerful than the one that bombed me back then!"

Li Meng suddenly raised his hand and pressed down on Zhou Yan's palm on his shoulder.

"Big Brother!"

"Hm?"

"You are very pessimistic... How can you be so sure... that one day, you won't suddenly pull out a nuclear weapon or a warship from Wu Yang's pocket, or perhaps from a basin of vegetables in your home?"

There was a hint of temptation in Li Meng's tone, as if it had some kind of magical power!

In an instant, Zhou Yan thought of that [Super Lucky Blind Box] glowing with golden-red light!

Don't say it! Seriously, don't say it! Damn it, don't say it!

Zhou Yan couldn't bear to use any of the super blind boxes he obtained today! He just hoped to save up a batch and draw them all at once! And then obtain another [Super Lucky Blind Box]!

That box even came with its own animation effects!

The first time, he opened a ship!

What about the second time? The third time?

Zhou Yan, with the cigarette in his mouth, seemed to have an epiphany in an instant!

Zhou Yan dropped the cigarette from his mouth, watching the butt fall and spark a small burst of embers...

The filter was slightly deformed from being bitten, caused by Zhou Yan's momentary excitement...

Li Meng could clearly perceive the change in Zhou Yan's mindset.

Because before this, every time he finished smoking and stepped on the cigarette butt to extinguish it, he would throw the butt out the window. In the past, he would even wipe down items he had touched from time to time...

Li Meng had known for a long time that his Big Brother's identity was likely problematic...

Zhou Yan: "I need a large number of corpses, they must be freshly dead! Preferably ones that died at my hands, and preferably mermaid corpses!"

Li Meng: "I know..."

Zhou Yan wasn't very surprised by this. If Li Meng hadn't figured it out with his intelligence, that would be what surprised him. He never intended to hide it from them from the very beginning; he couldn't hide it from his own people who were helping him fish out corpses anyway, so it was better to be open and honest...

Because this system was too special; it might as well be renamed the "Touch Corpse to Get Stronger" system.

Li Meng: "I have a plan..."

"I can take Wang Zeyu and Wu Yang with me to help you expand our team. First, let's set a small goal: unify Building 16! After that, we'll radiate outward from Building 16 and take down all the residents in the entire residential complex! Afterward, you just need to be responsible for slacking off in the back! We'll conquer the world for you!"

"Once the number of people in our team starts to increase, you don't need to worry... Surely not everyone will join with loyalty. Loyalty isn't that easy to obtain. If every newcomer has to pass Bai... Sister-in-law Bai's screening, no one will be able to get into our team..."

"We can establish a hierarchy, an invisible hierarchy! On the surface, everyone is one of us, but privately we need to distinguish them and divide them into areas, for example, selecting a building manager for each building to manage it on your behalf..."

Zhou Yan pinched his brow: "My need for mermaid corpses is higher, but I also need to touch mutant fish corpses... The boss of Building 17 across the way has the ability to briefly control mermaids. I originally planned to go over tonight and take her down..."

"Got it!" Hearing this, Li Meng suddenly raised a finger; he had thought of a good idea!

"Tonight, I'll take Wang Zeyu and Wu Yang to take down Building 16 immediately! You can take this opportunity to go to Building 17! With your firepower, taking down Building 17 across the way shouldn't be difficult..."

Zhou Yan was tempted, but he was very worried...

It wasn't that he was worried about anything else; after all, Li Meng, Wang Zeyu, and Wu Yang had all been tested by Bai Qi...

He was worried that this group would be backstabbed to death!

"Big Brother, sooner or later we have to learn to stand on our own. You can't support us for free forever! We need to grow, we need an opportunity to train... And the risk in this process isn't that great!"

Li Meng had this confidence; after all, he had witnessed Wu Yang's combat power...

Moreover, in this building, no one else possessed weapons as powerful as Zhou Yan's.

As the two spoke, they had already arrived at the 11th Floor.

Wu Yang was pacing back and forth in the corridor holding that "spear," and one look was enough to know he was on guard duty.

Seeing the two of them open the fire door, he grabbed the iron chain and was about to lock the door.

He had already seen the benefits of locking the door.

But Li Meng and Zhou Yan were standing at the doorway chatting endlessly, and he didn't dare to shoo them away. He could only hold the spear in one hand and the iron chain in the other while waiting...

"Having confidence is a good thing, but you must have a backup plan... Wait a moment, I'll get a gun for you, and you can take Wang Zeyu and Wu Yang to do it! By the way... at this hour, won't everyone be asleep?"

"Except for us, everyone is probably too hungry to sleep at all..." Li Meng sighed and said helplessly.

Zhou Yan nodded, turned around, and took out the key to his own front door; he had to find a suitable weapon for Li Meng and the others.

When he turned around, he saw Wu Yang standing foolishly in the hallway, carrying the iron chain and holding the spear.

"It's the middle of the night, why aren't you sleeping? Are you cosplaying as an Underworld Messenger?"